Giance Bektash handed the medal on behalf of the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. This is a specially made copy of the gold medal, won by it at the European heavy athletics championship in Armenia. Recall that the European champion after the victory in Yerevan transferred it to the Azerbaijani people.
The Medalian presentation ceremony, which took place in the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ankara, was attended by the President of the Turkish Heavy Athletics Federation Talat UNLU, Vice President Ilker Ozzhan and Yasin Arslan, Technical Director of the National national team Ferhat Joshkun and Dzhans Bektash, who won 3 gold medals at the championship European athletics in Armenia.
At the European Wingletics Championships, held in Yerevan (Armenia) from April 15 to 23, Turkish weightlifters won 6 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals, and the women’s team completed the competition in the rank of European in the team standings.
Giance Bektash, who rose to the podium in weight of up to 45 kg, won 3 gold medals, breaking 3 youth records of Europe: 72 kg in a jerk, 90 kg in a push and 162 kg in total.
National weightlifters passed the medals won in Yerevan to the Azerbaijani people in the presence of President Ilham Aliyev, who accepted them in Baku after the end of the championship.
At the opening ceremony of the championship in Yerevan, April 15, the Azerbaijani flag was defiantly burned, after which the Azerbaijani weightlifters refused to participate in competitions and left Armenia.